Hammett made news earlier in the week when he announced that he added a solo onto Exodus’ upcoming record for the song ‘Salt in the Wound.’ “It felt really casual, really cool — just like it did back in 1980 when we were all just hanging out back in the day," Hammett said. "Me, recording a solo on their album was a huge thing for me. Other than the Exodus demo that’s been heard by a lot of people, it’s the only time I ever recorded with Exodus. It was a huge thing.”

Hammett kept himself quite busy at the San Diego Convention Center over the weekend. Earlier in the day, the guitarist appeared at the Nuclear Blast USA booth at the expansive convention to autograph copies of his exclusive one-off zombie action figure modeled in his likeness.

Hammett joined Exodus originally in 1980 and spent three years in the group before leaving to take over the lead guitar position in Metallica which had been just recently vacated by Dave Mustaine.